Container port on and around Harbor Island

A boat at Pier 86 Grain Terminal

Grain Terminal Sign

The Port of Seattle is a port district that runs Seattle's seaport and airport. Its creation was approved by the voters of King County, Washington, on September 5, 1911. It is run by a five-member commission. The commissioners' terms run four years. In 2002, the Port of Seattle was the 9th busiest port in the United States by TEUs of container traffic[1] and the 46th busiest in the world. Image File history File links Port_of_Seattle_logo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 638 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Port of Seattle Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 638 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Port of Seattle Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Harbor Island is a man-made island in the mouth of Seattle, Washingtons Duwamish Waterway where it empties into Elliot Bay. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1115 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Port of Seattle Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1115 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Port of Seattle Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2295x1083, 1719 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Port of Seattle Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2295x1083, 1719 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Port of Seattle Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... In the United States a port district is a type of special-purpose district formed by residents of an area to create and support economic development within that area. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... King County redirects here; you may be looking for King County, Texas. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Shipping containers at a terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. ... Container ship Rita being loaded at Copenhagen; note crew standing on deck, and stacks of containers on shore. ...

Among its facilities are the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Washington; the Shilshole Bay Marina; the Maritime Industrial Center and Fishermen's Terminal on Salmon Bay; cargo terminals and a grain elevator on Smith Cove; and numerous cargo terminals on Elliott Bay, Harbor Island, and the Duwamish Waterway. The Port of Seattle also controls recreational and commercial moorage facilities and two cruise ship terminals. FAA diagram of Sea-Tac Airport Sea-Tac Airport from space with the SR 509 freeway to the west and the SR 518 freeway to the north Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (IATA: SEA, ICAO: KSEA), also known as Sea-Tac Airport, is located in SeaTac, Washington at the intersections of... SeaTac is a city and outlying suburb of Seattle, located in the southern section of King County in Washington State. ... Shilshole Bay is that part of Puget Sound east of a line drawn northeasterly from Seattles West Point in the southwest to its Golden Gardens Park in the northeast. ... Fishermans Terminal is located in the Interbay neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... Salmon Bay is that part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal--which passes through the city of Seattle, linking Lake Washington to Puget Sound--that lies west of the Fremont Cut. ... Grain elevators are buildings or complexes of buildings for storage and shipment of grain. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Elliott Bay and the Seattle waterfront, looking north from the Pacific Coast Co. ... Harbor Island is a man-made island in the mouth of Seattle, Washingtons Duwamish Waterway where it empties into Elliot Bay. ... The Duwamish River is the name of the lower 12 miles (19 km) of Washington states Green River. ... An illustration of a mooring A mooring (also moorage) strictly speaking, refers to any device used to hold secure an object by means of cables, anchors, or lines though most often it is specifically a device to which a boat can attach so that it can remain in the same... Pacific Sky sails under Sydney Harbour Bridge A cruise ship is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ships amenities are considered an essential part of the experience. ...

History

From the first Commission Report for 1912: The Port of Seattle came into existence on September 5, 1911, by a vote of the people of the Port District held on that date in accordance with the Port District Act of March 14, 1911. The work of the commission for the first six months was confined almost entirely to the preparation of projects which were duly approved by the people at a special election held on March 5, 1912. The program embraced six distinct projects...

Port Management

List of Port Commissioners

This list comes from a book published in 1976. Research ongoing for the rest of the names and terms.

• H.M. Chittenden - 1912-15
• C.E. Remsberg - 1912-19
• Robert Bridges - 1912-19
• Dr. Carl A. Ewald - 1915-19
• T.S. Lippy - 1918-21
• W.D. Lincoln - 1919-32
• Dr. W.T. Christensen - 1919-22
• George B. Lamping - 1921-33
• George F. Cotterill - 1922-34
• Smith M. Wilson - 1932-42
• Horace P. Chapman - 1933-47
• J.A. Earley - 1934-51
• E.H. Savage - 1942-58
• A.B. Terry - 1947-48
• Gordon Rowe - 1949-54
• C.H. Carlander - 1951-62
• M.J. Weber - 1954-60
• Capt. Tom McManus - 1958-64
• John M. Haydon - 1960-69
• Gordon Newell - 1960-63
• Frank R. Kitchell - 1961-73
• Miner H. Baker - 1963-69
• Robert W. Norquist - 1963-69
• Merle D. Adlum - 1964-
• J. Knox Woodruff - 1969-73
• Fenton Radford - 1969-70
• Paul S. Friedlander - 1970-
• Henry L. Kotkins - 1970-
• Jack S. Block - 1974-
• Henry T. Simonson - 1974-

General Managers

• J.R. West - 1933-1935
• Col. W.C. Bickford - 1935-1945
• Col. Warren D. Lamport - 1946-1951
• George T. Tredwell - 1951-1953
• Howard M. Burke - 1953-1964
• J. Eldon Opheim - 1964-

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